Oil and gas industry

A number of proposals aimed at reforming how the oil and gas industry works in New Mexico have stalled out in this year’s legislative session with the help of key Democratic lawmakers.

If the resolution is approved by legislators, New Mexicans will have their chance to vote on it in the next election cycle.

Capital & Main's Jerry Redfern talks about his recent report on large oil and gas companies giving to New Mexico Democrats, contrary to where they overwhelmingly put their money nationally.

While inflation is finally coming down, many are still hurting in New Mexico. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and his Republican challenger in this year’s election, Nella Domenici, have differing proposals to provide some relief.

Study uncovers thousands of undocumented quakes, underscoring the link between injection sites and seismic activity.

The data is clear: The village of Loving in the Permian Basin has been hit hard by waves of pollutants from Big Oil, yet the EPA hasn’t acted to force a cleanup.

With the EPA hamstrung by the Supreme Court and shaky state funding, New Mexico could face a future with reduced protections.

A state Environment Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inspection of oil and gas facilities in New Mexico’s portion of the Permian Basin found more than half may be violating air quality rules. Environment Secretary James Kenney said the results are “cause for alarm.”

An oil and gas firm planned to convert a New Mexico water well into a disposal site for toxic wastewater. A familiar face stood in its way.

But a tax break for low-producing stripper wells gets slipped into a package with green energy breaks.